Realm of Power

From a purely urban perspective, there is nothing noteworthy about Bolongze City. The so-called central city in the Feishan coastal area, after experiencing a year-long economic recession, is only equivalent to a small port in the imperial coastal area. It's just a city. Only the solid speculation towers standing around the city can make people connect the city in front of them with the former Feishan Navy Base Camp, which once shocked the inner sea.

The oldest of these huge trebuchets has a history of three hundred years. The long strips of stone have been polished smooth by the wind and rain. Because they have not been used for a long time, they are covered with green moss, but they are still functional. It feels very solid. These super-large catapults are naturally very intimidating in the eyes of the navies of other countries. Facing the naval fleet attacking the port, the crossfire from the catapults is enough to crush even heavy warships. The Kingdom of Shan is located between the two major groups of Barro and Istan in Central Europe and has a history of hundreds of years. Many tug-of-wars have broken out. These catapults have played a considerable role. They have repeatedly defeated enemies who attacked ports and cities. General Fang felt a headache.

And now that the Imperial Navy has taken over the defense here, the catapults around the city have become the Imperial Navy's forts. More than a hundred of the Imperial Navy's large Thors are placed in four forts. With the Thor's ultra-long shooting range , not only the port area is completely included in the coverage, but also most of the city The area is controlled by four forts distributed in the four corners of the city. Thor's thick black barrels are covered with white snow, making them even more ferocious. These weapons of war that symbolize the empire's powerful conquest force are reminders all the time. With Feishan people, as long as the empire is willing, it can turn any target into a fan at any time!

"Marquis Hakara, because you have been slow to move, our current situation has become more and more passive. If we can't give an explanation this time, we will reveal the news that you are one of our members to the Imperial Army. You They know the empire's methods of dealing with rebels. When the time comes, these imperial thunder gods pointing at the port will point at Your Elm Forest Villa will be yours. Whether the Hakara family can still exist under the God of Thunder is another matter!" A solemn-looking old man was standing in front of the window of the villa, his eyes looking straight. He retracted an imperial naval fort facing the direction of the villa, turned around and looked at a stout middle-aged nobleman behind him.

Although this middle-aged aristocrat is a little fatter, he still looks good. He is wearing a close-fitting blue-on-red aristocratic uniform and has short flaxen hair.

Under the eyes of the old man, the middle-aged noble was wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hands and said miserably, "Your Excellency Gubili, you have also seen that it is not that our Hakara family is greedy for life and fear of death, but in fact the main force of the empire's expeditionary army is stationed there. Here, there is a jungle of 20,000 imperial troops with swords and guns, and one of the four forts is right in front of the villa. From a high position, we have a clear view of the city area below. As long as our Hakara family makes a move, it will be completely covered by the God of Thunder. Even if we want to move, we can't move." The middle-aged noble's voice stopped and he showed a look of pain on his face. He continued, "Although my Hakara family cannot complete the task of raiding the Imperial Army's headquarters, However, this time the 100,000 imperial gold you requested will be used as funds for the restoration of the country. Our Hakara family will fully provide it. Moreover, I believe that you also need a secret channel to purchase weapons. Our Hakara family can also do it. Did you get some ""100,000 imperial gold?" The sincerity of His Excellency Marquis Hakara is really impressive. People admire me. In the cruel jungle of swords and guns in the empire, I still don't forget to contribute to the restoration of the country. I will try my best to explain to you, when will this fund be given to me? "I heard that Hakara is willing to come up with the money. , the old man's face showed a hint of joy, the rich man is rich, and he won one hundred thousand imperial gold without blinking an eye.

You must know that with the demise of the Feishan Kingdom, the former Feishan nobles have fallen into disarray. Many nobles sold their properties and fled abroad. Most of the remaining nobles are living in misery. Their properties and fields have been destroyed. If the empire takes them away, the quality of life of the nobles will plummet. Every month they can It’s enough to hear the news of the suicide of a certain Marquis and Earl, even one with the title of Duke. One hundred thousand imperial gold may not have been seen by him before. What he gave to his mistress was not worth the price, but Now, one hundred thousand gold is already a huge amount of money that most of Feishan's run-down nobles are willing to gamble everything on!

The old man was already calculating in his heart how much of the Hakara family's one hundred thousand funds would be appropriate for him to hand over.

Fifty thousand, forty thousand, or twenty thousand?

Anyway, it was all earned by the wealthy locals by flattering the empire, no one can use it!

I didn't expect Hakara, a wealthy local man, to be able to do anything. The Hakara family, as hereditary marquises who contributed to the Feishan Kingdom, were not a particularly famous family in the Feishan era. They were just a local marquis. With his status, he is not even qualified to participate in the annual royal banquet. Who would take such a person seriously? But the so-called current situation, after Feishan Kingdom was annexed by the empire, haha The Kara family didn't know how they got in touch with the higher-ups of the empire. They monopolized one-third of the fine iron trade in Feishan's coastal area, and then grew rapidly and quickly became a very powerful family among Feishan's established noble families. The sudden expansion of wealth has no foundation as an established family. Therefore, in the eyes of most of Feishan's established nobles, the Hakara family is nothing more than a nouveau riche.

"Your Excellency, the situation of Harris..." Seeing the old man's satisfied look, Hakara asked

"Captain Harris is very good now. He was appointed as the squadron leader just three days ago. These young people are the backbone of the restoration of the country and have a bright future!" The old man narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile. "Seeing them facing the sun With his normal appearance, I almost thought he was still in the pre-Feishan period! ""That's good, that's good!" Hearing that his son was fine, Hakara breathed a sigh of relief with a worried face. The rising Feishan nobles, Hakara is not an ambitious person. It was entirely because he accidentally bumped into a dozen of Feishan's run-down nobles on the street ambushing and attacking a black carriage. He kindly reminded him, and later he found out that the person sitting in the black carriage was... It was Lakoye, the chief internal affairs officer of the empire in the Feshan region. Lakoye enthusiastically thanked Hakara for the reminder, and out of consideration for dividing the Feishan aristocracy, he supported Hakara to become an agent of imperial business in the Feishan coastal area.

But Lakoye didn't know that because he supported Hakara, the Hakara family accumulated a lot of wealth in a short period of time, and also caused Hakara to be targeted by the old nobles of Feishan. This is why business in the Feshan area was affected. One of the reasons for serious containment,

In order to drag Hakara, an upstart, into the water, the old Feishan nobles thought of a way, that is, Hakara had an overly passionate son named Haris, a former Feishan Kingdom officer who once served as a Feishan With the escort of Crown Prince Feishan, Feishan’s 300,000-strong army was destroyed. King Feishan died in the battle on the Bavaria Terrace. Crown Prince Shan chose to commit suicide when there was no hope of resisting the advance of the imperial army. Harris's ambitions turned into water. After returning to Bolongze City, he still had a love for the Feishan Kingdom. Just half a month ago, he secretly launched a plan After an incident of attacking imperial soldiers, in order to fear the imperial pursuit, he fled to the three rebel cities where Feishan nobles gathered.

With such a hostage in hand, the rebellious Feishan nobles kept looking for Hakara, using Harris as a threat, deliberately asking Hakara to complete some impossible tasks, and then using this to blackmail funds, in and out , the Hakara family has been extorted more than 500,000 imperial gold

Seeing the old man leaving with a few followers in high spirits,

Hakara's daughter Audrey opened the door and looked at her father who smiled bitterly at her with a pretty face. "The family's funds have already seen a considerable gap. One hundred thousand today, one hundred thousand tomorrow. Even if our Hakara family continues to If you have money and can withstand it a few times, if these people come to ask for money again, don't give them a single copper coin. These people are obviously using my brother as a hostage to threaten us! ""Money is just an external possession, as long as your brother can. Just be fine! "

Hakara shook his head with a wry smile. It was quite accidental that he suddenly became like this. It was not his intention to unintentionally get involved with the empire's senior officials. Hakara himself is a quite contented person, a small child. Although the hereditary marquis in the region has the title of marquis, he actually has no territory. In the pre-Feishan era, this The hereditary nobles with the title of Marquis and Viscount have no status at all. Most of these hereditary nobles are from the generals of the Feishan Kingdom's military. They received the title that can be passed down due to some kind of military exploits. It is an honor, with no fiefdom and no income. Most of their descendants can only choose to join the army.

To put it bluntly, it is a kind of honorary military household, a soldier for generations,

So although Hakara was a marquis, he actually lived a pretty ordinary life before he became famous. After ten years in the army, he was just a squad leader when he quit. He once saw piles of corpses on the battlefield. The only thing Hakara thought about was , he can let his son and daughter survive this era of chaos peacefully. Fortunately, no large-scale bloody incidents occurred during the empire's annexation of Feishan. Although the economy is now in recession, it is relatively Compared with a few years ago, the Feishan Kingdom was so aggressive that men could be drafted into the brutal battlefield at any time. Everything in the country was dedicated to war. Outsiders only saw the rise of the Feishan Kingdom's new army and defeated the eastern hegemon Istan people. Dividing the east-west territory of Obaro equally with the imperial army, who actually noticed that in order to compete for the hegemony battle that had been prepared for twenty years, the Feishan Kingdom sent half of its male population to the battlefield.

In order to defeat the Istani, Feishan's casualties were quite staggering. A total of 160,000 Feishan young men were killed and more than 200,000 were injured. Seventeen cities were brutally massacred by the Istani, affecting There were more than three million Feishan people who arrived. The Feishan Kingdom used these attrition tactics to eventually wear away the energy of the Istan army far away from home. At the same time, the Istan emperor was ambushed by the imperial navy and disappeared. With the opportunity, he launched a full-scale counterattack against the chaotic main force of the Istanbul army, defeating the powerful enemy in the east that had suppressed him for a hundred years, and opened the door to his rise. However, in the battle with the Bavalid Platform on the empire's side, Feishan finally defeated him. The trump card was completely lost. The tenacity that had been sandwiched between the two major forces for hundreds of years, under the strength of the empire, only lasted for more than a month before being annexed by the empire!

Compared with those Feishan people who died in the two wars, the tragic scene of white cloth floating all over the city

Hakara suddenly saw that his son could come back safe and sound. He was already excited and thought it was an unexpected gift from God. However, he did not expect that his son would be involved in such a thing as rebellion. The name of Marquis Hakara was written into the Renaissance Nobility. The ranks were completely faked by Hakara's son, but Hakara could only acquiesce.

Because after Hakara's death, the hereditary title of the marquis will still fall on his son's head! "This is it, Your Majesty, this is Hakara's mansion!"

At the door of Hakara's mansion, a black carriage stopped, and Lakoye got out of the open door in a black imperial uniform with silver edges. He said respectfully to another figure walking towards the carriage. This was a young man with short black hair. He looked a little fat, but his whole body did not show too much fat. Instead, he gave people a strong and powerful feeling. His eyes were as sharp as a sword. It was the imperial emperor Dustan.

Looking up and looking at the villa of the Hakara family in front of him, which was not gorgeous but looked unique, the fat man's eyes flashed. He just asked Lakoye about the situation of the Hakara family. Lakoye carefully reported to His Majesty the Emperor that the reason for Hakara's rise was actually himself. "When I just arrived in Feishan, I had encountered six assassinations in a row, so I think all the Feishan nobles are Hatred of the Empire, but an accident made his subordinates discover that not all Feishan nobles hated the Empire. Only a small number of great nobles really hated the Empire, because the Empire touched their interests and made it impossible for them to restore their previous extravagant and debauched living standards. However, the living conditions of regional nobles like Hakara were not very good, but they did not have much hatred for the Empire! "Lakoye said in a low voice with a calm expression beside him, "Hakara is the test subject that I am trying to support, but the effect does not look very good. I am leaving soon, and it is time for this experiment to end!" "There is nothing wrong with the direction of thinking, but the method may be wrong! It is too slow and gentle. You should not give Hakara only one-third of the trading rights, but full trading rights. There is no ambition! Where is the motivation!" The fat man looked at the villa with a flash of his eyes,